Welcome to the GBP Blog

This is the Blog associated with our main website TheGreenBicycleProject.org

The GBP has merged with Damn Good Bikes LLC. Please visit the new blog for more recent updates.

We are the GBP. Our mission is to keep bikes on the road and thus keep cars off. We call this “Bikecycling”; that’s recycling, but for bikes. The concept is simple. Take a bike that’s no longer wanted, broken, or even bound for a landfill and apply a bit of knowhow and a lot of elbow grease and you get a bike that can last someone for years. These bikecycled bikes are sold at a price that covers only our costs in repairing them so as to provide bicycles at the lowest cost possible. All of our bikes are repaired and tuned by a mechanic so that from the moment you pick them up they are ready to hit the road. Take a look below for our current project bikes and completed rides.

Location:
We are located in the US Storage facility at Capital Circle NE and Mahan Rd. While have moved into our new store, we are in the same complex. To get there follow the road through the complex, around the 90 degree bend and make the first left (at the tree). We'll be the first store front on your right. Sound complex? The best way to find us is to follow the bikes!

Buying our bikes:
Please visit our main website at thegreenbicycleproject.org for information about buying our bikes. You may also email us at Thegreenbicycleproject@gmail.com.

Monday, August 24, 2009

August 24th Chain Links


Sorry about the outage last week. School eats your life even before it starts. To appease the bicycle gods, today's chain links is expanded with an EXTRA LINK! Today we cover everything from banks getting into the bike charity drives, to bike cop vs. bike rider, to bike racks, and back again. It's been a long and tiring Monday and all I can do is hope these links brighten your day as much as they did mine.


First: Bike laws vary from state to state but the general rule of thumb is "when in Rome do as the Romans do." I think that's even etched into the back of most bicycle helmets. In this case, when riding on the road, obey the same laws you'd have to obey if you were driving a car.


Second: Lesson learned: Bikes that go to the landfill are a tragedy. Bikes that go to a non-profit that fixes them up for reuse are AWESOME!


Third: I may be able to ride my bike with no handlebars, but I can't ride with no rack. Treehugger profiles some of the more... er... interesting racks out there.


Finally: News flash! Man likes his bike! More at 11. Honestly, just the title made me LOL. Talk about fluff.

(Photo Credit: Cetma Racks from Treehugger)

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